Council at Aachen on the procession of the Holy Spirit
The Annales regni Francorum states that the emperor returned from the Ardennes to Aachen and held a council in November concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit.
What this does and does not establish
Wikisource raw revision 264822. The following passage distinguishes this question from discussion of church conditions, on which nothing was decided; this excerpt does not establish the council’s doctrinal outcome.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Culture and knowledge
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCCVIIII, mense Novembrio
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read arf.wikitext lines 377–425: the preceding 808 annal and its closing transition at line 385, the original DCCCVIIII heading at line 387, the November event at line 397, the December lunar-eclipse notice at line 403, and the DCCCX heading at line 405. DCCCVIIII maps to Julian AD 809; the explicit November places this episode away from Christmas rollover. Original quotation begins at line 397, character 82444.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
imperator de Arduenna Aquas reversus mense Novembrio concilium habuit de processione Spiritus sanctiAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
The emperor, having returned from the Ardennes to Aachen, held a council in November concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit.
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Exact source version
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